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tax proposals

 

 

£m in projected 2011–12 prices1

 

 

 

 

Costs of proposals

 

1

Raise the personal allowance to £10,000 per person

16,795

 

 

 

 

Total

16,795

 

 

 

 

Revenue generated from proposals

 

 

Closing tax loopholes and cutting reliefs that benefit the wealthiest

 

2

Reform capital gains tax

1,920

3

Restrict pension tax relief to the basic rate

5,455

4

A 1 per cent levy on the value of properties over £2m

1,710

 

Green taxation

 

5

Switching from Air Passenger Duty to a per-plane duty

3,060

6

A higher per-mile duty charge for non-lifeline domestic fl ights

255

 

Anti-avoidance measures

 

7

Income tax and National Insurance Contributions

2,415

8

Corporation tax

1,460

9

Stamp duty

750

 

 

 

 

Total

17,025

 

Contingency fund

230

 

 

 

Note: tables may not sum due to rounding

1 All fi gures have been rounded to the nearest £5m

spending proposals

 

 

 

£m (in predicted nominal terms)1

 

 

2010–11 2011–12

2012–13

2013–14

2014–15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spending commitments

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Jobs and infrastructure package including:2

 

 

 

 

 

 

1a

Eco cash-back scheme

335

0

0

0

0

 

1b

Investing in wind energy and other renewables

420

0

0

0

0

 

1c

Insulating public buildings

400

0

0

0

0

 

1d

Bringing empty homes back into use

1,165

0

0

0

0

 

1e

Tackling youth unemployment

660

95

0

0

0

 

1f

Bus scrappage scheme

140

0

0

0

0

 

2

Cut class sizes – introducing a pupil premium3

0

2,500

2,540

2,590

2,640

 

3

Scrapping tuition fees3

600

685

740

1,570

1,765

 

4

Restore the pension earnings link

0

0

320

325

330

 

5

Recruit 3,000 more police offi cers4

5

50

95

140

185

 

6

A pay rise and better homes for our troops

0

420

425

430

440

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total spending

3,730

3,745

4,115

5,050

5,360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

credible and responsible fi nances

Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010

101

 

 

 

 

savings proposals

 

 

 

 

£m (in predicted nominal terms)1

 

 

 

 

£m (in predicted nominal terms)1

 

2010–11

2011–12

2012–13

2013–14

2014–15

 

 

2010–11

2011–12

2012–13

2013–14

2014–15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helping people fairly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creating a more cost-effective government

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Reform tax credits

640

1,305

1,300

1,310

1,315

 

25

Commercialise UK Trade and Investment

0

135

135

140

140

 

8

Reform winter fuel payments

300

145

60

-15

-70

 

26

Scrap Eurofi ghter tranche 3B

0

0

510

510

510

 

9

Scale back the Homebuy programme

250

255

260

265

270

 

27

Cut education quangos and administration

0

415

410

420

430

 

10

Refocus Train to Gain

325

335

340

345

350

 

28

Prison reform

0

795

735

675

845

 

11

End government contributions to the Child Trust Fund

395

545

555

565

580

 

29

Scrap civil service bonuses

0

155

155

160

160

 

12

Introduce a levy on bank profi ts

2,005

2,205

2,430

2,670

2,940

 

30

Cut use of consultants in the public sector

0

180

180

185

190

 

13

Cut Ministry of Defence administration and top brass

0

205

420

440

460

 

31

Cut quangos across government

0

225

225

230

235

 

14

Cut the economic costs of mental health problems

0

425

500

575

605

 

32

Cut the costs of politics

0

610

620

635

645

 

 

through better treatment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

A cash limit on public sector pay rises of £400 for 2 years 5

0

1,705

3,460

3,525

3,600

 

 

Net increase in devolved administration budgets6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

The Scottish Parliament7

240

-120

-120

-30

-25

 

 

Decentralising government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34

The National Assembly for Wales

140

-15

-15

30

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

Abolish the Government Offi ces for the Regions

0

90

90

90

95

 

35

The Northern Ireland Assembly

80

-50

-45

-15

-15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

Reform Regional Development Agencies

0

600

610

620

635

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total savings

3,730

12,430

15,205

15,435

16,050

 

18

Cut bureaucracy of local government inspection

0

860

870

890

905

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

End top-down education initiatives

0

335

340

350

355

 

 

Net increase in public sector spending

0

-8,680

-11,090

-10,385

-10,685

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creating a freer society

 

 

 

 

 

20

Scrap ID cards

50

80

110

155

155

21

Scrap biometric passports

220

405

425

400

380

22

Scrap Intercept Modernisation Programme

0

200

200

200

200

23

Abolish ContactPoint

0

45

45

50

50

24

Maintain the current school leaving age

0

0

35

35

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding

1All fi gures have been rounded to the nearest £5m

2The jobs package with the exception of parts 1c and 1e is for England only. Barnett consequences for the remainder are accounted for in lines 33 to 35

3Costs are for England, Barnett consequences for the devolved administrations are accounted for in lines 33 to 35

4Costs are for England and Wales only, Barnett consquences for Scotland and Northern Ireland are accounted for in lines 33 and 35

5This proposal is an alternative to the Government’s proposal to cap public sector pay at 1%

6Scottish and Welsh Liberal Democrats have set out their own budget plans for Scotland and Wales

7As set out in this manifesto, a Liberal Democrat Government would resolve the disputes and anomalies between the UK and Scottish Governments over the Registers of Scotland and the Scottish element of the Fossil Fuel Levy, with the consequence of adding up to £250m to the resources controlled by the Scottish Government in 2011–12.

102

credible and responsible fi nances

Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010

103

 

 

 

 

manifesto 2010 index

A

 

 

 

Adult Learning Grant...............................

 

24

Aid budget..............................................

 

 

62

Airbrushing .............................................

 

 

50

Air Passenger Duty ...........................

 

14, 80

Air quality................................................

 

 

42

Affordable homes........................

 

77-78, 83

Afghanistan ......................................

 

 

67-68

Animal Protection Commission

...............55

Animal testing

.........................................

 

55

Apprenticeships..........................

 

24, 39, 51

Armed Forces

...................................

 

63, 65

Arms Trade Treaty...................................

 

68

Asylum ...................................................

 

 

76

Aviation..............................

 

9, 61-62, 79-80

B

 

 

 

Bank charges

...................................

 

53-54

Banking Levy ....................................

 

 

16, 97

Banks............

10, 16, 21-22, 53, 62, 85, 97

BBC .......................................................

 

 

46

Benefi ts ......................................

 

 

13, 17-18

Biometric passports..........................

 

16, 94

Bullying ............................................

 

 

35, 51

Buses ...............................................

 

 

24, 59

Business ....................................

 

 

25-28, 82

– Business growth ..................................

 

21

– Business rates .........................

 

23, 26, 90

– Business regulation..............................

 

25

– European competition ..........................

 

25

C

 

 

 

Cancer treatment....................................

 

40

Capital Gains Tax ......................

 

14, 83, 100

Carbon capture ......................................

 

59

Carers ..............................................

 

 

41, 52

Child protection ......................................

 

 

50

Child Trust Funds............................

 

16, 102

Civil liberties................................

 

87, 93 -94

Clamping ................................................

 

 

54

Class sizes .........................

 

10, 33 - 34, 101

Climate change.....

8, 11, 57-62, 64, 79, 84

Coal-fi red power stations

........................

59

Common Agricultural Policy ...(CAP)

66, 84

Communities ....................................

 

 

71-79

Community-owned energy .......schemes

28

Competition policy ......................

 

26, 46, 54

Compulsory Retirement Age ...................

52

Constitutional reform.........................

 

87-92

Consumers.....................

 

53 - 54, 62, 66, 84

Control orders.........................................

 

 

94

Corporation Tax ....................................

 

 

100

Council Tax.......................................

 

 

83, 90

Countryside ......................................

 

 

81-82

Creative Enterprise Fund.........................

 

45

Credit cards............................................

 

 

54

Crime ...............................................

 

 

71-74

Criminal record checking ........................

 

85

Culture..............................................

 

 

44-46

Customer service....................................

 

 

54

D

 

 

 

Dartford Crossing ...................................

 

 

25

Defence............................................

 

 

63-65

Defi cit reduction.....................

 

14 - 17, 96 -99

Deforestation .........................................

 

 

61

Dementia ..........................................

 

 

40-41

Deportations.....................................

 

 

76-77

Devolved administrations ..........

92 - 92, 103

Disability .....................................

 

18, 30, 73

Discrimination ...................................

 

 

30, 37

DNA database ........................................

 

 

94

Donations to political parties ...................

89

Drugs .....................................................

 

74

E

 

 

Early Years Foundation Scheme..............

35

Easy giving accounts ..............................

85

Eco Cash-Back ........................

23, 59, 101

Economy .......................

10, 24, 17, 21-30,

.............................

45, 58-60, 83-84, 96-99

Education ...............

10, 24, 33-40, 99, 101

– Freedom Act........................................

 

37

Educational Standards Authority .............

35

Elected Health Boards ................

40, 43, 90

Electoral reform ................................

 

87-90

Employment ....9, 22-27, 30, 39-40, 51-52,

...........................

58-59, 75-76, 84-85, 101

Empty homes ...........................

23, 77, 101

Energy........................................................

 

 

– Bills..........................................

 

53, 58, 77

– Effi ciency ...........................

23, 35, 58-60

– Sustainability...

23-24, 28, 57-60, 81, 101

Enterprise ...................................

 

22, 25-29

Environment .............

10-11, 14, 22-24, 26,

..................8-29, 35, 42, 53-55, 57-63, 64,

........................

66, 77-84, 92-93, 100-101

Equitable Life ..........................................

 

18

Ethnic minorities

...............................

30, 94

EU referendum........................................

 

67

Euro .......................................................

 

67

Eurofi ghter ................................

16, 65, 103

Europe..... 25, 42, 60-61, 65, 66-67, 84, 89

Europol...................................................

 

66

Expenses..........................................

 

10, 89

F

 

 

Fair Pay ..................................................

 

20

Faith schools ..........................................

 

37

Families .............................

8, 49-55, 76-77

Farming ......................................

 

 

66, 83-84

Fixed-term Parliaments ...........................

 

88

Flexible working ................................

 

30, 50

Flooding .................................................

 

 

82

Forces’ pay.............................................

 

 

65

Foreign Affairs...................................

 

67-68

Foundation Degrees................................

 

24

Freedom Bill

.....................................

 

93-94

Freedom of Information.....................

 

78, 88

Further Education Colleges ..............

 

36, 39

G

 

 

 

G8 ..........................................................

 

 

62

Gas ........................................................

 

 

26

Gift Aid ...................................................

 

 

85

Global temperatures ..............................

 

60

GP services ............................................

 

 

43

Green stimulus plan ........................

 

23, 101

Greenfi eld land........................................

 

81

H

 

 

 

Health..........

29, 40-44, 58, 63, 90, 98, 102

Heathrow..........................................

 

 

42, 80

Historic buildings ....................................

 

81

HIV/AIDS ..........................................

 

 

44, 63

Home Information Packs.........................

 

78

Home Offi ce

...........................................

 

76

HomeBuy Schemes ........................

 

16, 102

Homophobia

.....................................

 

35, 73

Hospitals ....................................

 

 

40-44, 73

House of Commons Reform

...................

88

- Public Accounts Committee .................

17

House of Lords Reform...........................

 

88

Housing....................

23, 53, 77-78, 81, 83

Human rights .........................

 

66-68, 93-95

I

 

 

 

ID cards..............................

 

16, 72, 94, 102

Immigration.................................

 

 

50, 75-76

104

index

Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010

105

 

 

 

 

Income Tax ...............

9, 13-14, 49, 90, 100

Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) 18, 24-25, 79-80

Infrastructure Planning Commission

........81

International development...........

57, 62-63

International Monetary Fund (IMF) .....

61 -62

Internships (Work Placement Scheme) ....24

Iraq.........................................................

 

 

67

Israeli-Palestinian confl ict .......................

 

68

IT procurement .......................................

 

 

17

J

 

 

 

JobCentre Plus .......................................

 

 

30

Jobs ...........................

9, 22-27, 30, 39-40,

................51-52, 58-59, 75-76, 84-85, 101

Job Creation Package ...........................

 

22

Justice........................................

 

68, 74-75

L

 

 

 

Landfi ll....................................................

 

 

81

Legal Supermarket Code ........................

 

83

Local Enterprise Funds ...........................

 

22

Local government...................................

 

 

90

– Finance................................................

 

 

90

Local Income Tax....................................

 

 

90

M

 

 

 

Malaria....................................................

 

 

63

Mansion Tax ...................................

 

 

14, 100

Manufacturing.............................

 

22-28, 59

Maternity Services ......................

 

40, 42, 49

Media .....................................................

 

 

46

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) ...

.........................................................

 

 

66, 89

Men..................................................

 

 

49 -50

Mental health ................

33, 40-41, 74, 102

Micro-generation ..............................

 

 

23, 59

Middle East.......................................

 

 

67 -68

Millennium Development Goals .........

 

57, 62

Minimum Curriculum Entitlement.............

 

36

Minimum Wage.......................................

 

 

51

Ministry of Defence .........................

65, 102

Motorists ................................................

 

 

80

Mountain Rescue Services......................

 

83

N

 

 

 

National Audit Offi ce ...............................

 

17

National Border Force .............................

 

75

National Bursary Scheme........................

 

39

National Crime Reduction Agency...........

72

National Curriculum ................................

 

36

National Grid...............................

 

23, 58-59

National Health Service .........

33, 40-44, 99

National Insurance ..........................

97, 100

National Lottery ......................................

 

46

National museums & galleries

.................

45

National Parks ........................................

 

82

National Policing Improvement Agency ...

72

Neighbourhood Justice Panels................

17

Network Rail ...............................

 

54, 78, 88

Night Buses............................................

 

 

73

Non-Doms........................................

 

14, 89

Northern Rock ........................................

 

28

Nuclear Power ........................................

 

59

O

 

 

 

Offi ce of Fair Trading (OFT)......................

 

54

Offshore Wind ............................

23, 58-59

Oil Industry .............................................

 

 

26

Olympic & Paralympic Games

................

44

Operating & Finance Review ...................

 

26

Organic...................................................

 

 

84

P

 

 

 

Parental Leave..................................

49-50

Pensions......

13-14, 17-18, 52-53, 100-101

– Citizen’s Pension............................

52-53

– Earnings Link .................................

52-53

– Pension Credit ....................

17-18, 52-53

– Pension Funds .....................................

 

18

– Public Sector Pensions ............

17, 98-99

– State Pension ..........................

 

 

 

14, 52-53

Per-Plane Duty (PPD) ................

 

14, 80, 100

Private Finance Initiative (PFI)

..................24

Police ...............

44, 66, 71-75, 90, 94, 101

Post Offi ce..................................

 

 

 

28, 54, 83

PostBank....................................

 

 

 

28, 54, 83

Prisons .....................................

 

 

 

16, 74, 103

Public borrowing

.........................

 

 

14-15, 78

Public sector pay ....

16, 41, 65, 98-99, 102

Public sector pensions................

 

17, 98-99

Public services........................................

 

 

 

33

Public spending .....................

 

 

 

14-15, 96-99

Pupil Premium ................................

 

 

 

34, 101

Q

 

 

 

 

Quangos.............................

 

 

39-40, 54, 103

R

 

 

 

 

Rail .............................................................

 

 

 

 

– Fares .......................................

 

 

 

54, 78-79

– High Speed....................................

 

 

 

79-80

Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) .....

.......................................................

 

 

 

26, 102

Regional Stock Exchanges .....................

 

22

Renewable energy ......................................

 

 

 

..........................

23-24, 28, 58-60, 84, 101

Repossessions .......................................

 

 

 

77

Retail banking.........................................

 

 

 

22

Royal Mail...............................................

 

 

 

28

S

 

 

 

 

Schools..........................................

 

 

 

10, 33-38

Science .......................

 

28-29, 35, 36, 39, 57

Scottish Parliament ................

 

 

87, 92-93, 103

Shipyards............................................

 

 

 

23, 58

Single Farm Payment

................................

 

84

Single Transferable Vote ............................

 

88

Social Care..........................................

 

 

 

41, 53

Social Tariffs ..............................................

 

 

 

53

Social Enterprises Bill

................................

 

28

Special Educational Needs (SEN)..............

34

Sponsor-Managed Schools.......................

 

37

Sport....................................................

 

 

44-46

Stamp Duty.......................................

 

 

14, 100

Store Cards...............................................

 

 

54

Strategic Security & Defence Review ...

64-65

Supermarket Code....................................

 

 

83

Sustainable energy........................................

 

 

 

............................. 23-24, 28, 58-60, 84, 101

T

 

 

 

Tax .............................................................

 

 

 

– Business rates .........................

 

23, 26, 90

– Capital Gains .........................

 

14, 83, 100

– Corporation .......................................

 

 

100

– Council Tax ....................................

 

 

83, 90

– Local Income ......................................

 

 

90

– Mansion.......................................

 

 

14, 100

Tax Avoidance ..........................

 

14, 62, 100

Tax Credits ...............................

 

16, 98, 102

Teachers.....................................

 

29, 34-38

Terrorism ......................................

 

63, 94-5

Torture ........................................

 

63, 67-68

Trade ....................................

 

61, 66, 83-84

Train Operating Companies ....................

 

78

Transgender ...........................................

 

 

73

Transport ..............................

 

24, 55, 78-80

Treasury...................

10, 24, 17, 21-30, 45,

.............................

58-60, 65, 83-84, 96-99

Trident ........................................

 

17, 57, 65

Tuberculosis (TB) ....................................

 

 

63

Tuition fees .....................................

 

 

39, 101

TV & Radio .............................................

 

 

46

U

 

 

 

UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) 18, 24-25,79-80

UN Adaptation Funds .............................

 

61

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child...50

UN Environment Programme ..................

 

61

106

index

Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010

107

 

 

 

 

Unemployment ...........................

 

 

8, 21, 101

Universal Service Code ...........................

 

54

Universities .................................

 

 

29, 38-39

V

 

 

 

VAT...................................................

 

 

81, 83

Voluntary Sector .............

30, 51, 72, 84-85

Volunteers.........................................

 

 

84-85

Voting System...................................

 

 

87-90

W

 

 

 

Water Charges........................................

 

 

53

WAVE Trust.............................................

 

 

50

Welsh Assembly .................

 

87, 92-93, 103

Wheel Clamping .....................................

 

 

54

Whitehall.....................................

 

 

28, 37, 94

Winter Fuel Payments

...............

18, 49, 102

Women.......................................

 

 

30, 49-52

Work ..........................

9, 22-27, 30, 39-40,

................51-52, 58-59, 75-76, 84-85, 101

– Fair Treatment at Work .........................

 

30

– Work Placement Scheme.....................

 

24

World Bank.......................................

 

 

61-62

World Trade Organisation (WTO)

.............61

Written Constitution ..........................

 

 

88, 92

Y

 

 

 

Young People ...........

24, 38, 39, 50-51, 71

Youth Services..................................

 

 

51, 72

Z

 

 

 

Zero Carbon Britain ..........................

 

 

23, 58

108

index

Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010

109

 

 

 

 

Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010

Liberal Democrats have championed the devolution of powers to Scotland and Wales, and many decisions made in Westminster now apply to England only. That means that policies in those nations are increasingly different from those in England – refl ecting different choices, priorities and circumstances. Our Scottish and Welsh Parties make their own policy on those issues. This document sets out our priorities for a Liberal Democrat Government in Westminster.

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